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    Question

    Below are given a few sentences with one part emboldened in each. The emboldened part may or may not be grammatically correct. Below each question are five options out of which any in four options may replace the emboldened part. If the sentence does not require any improvement, choose option 5, ‘No improvement required’.

    Hitler quickly became the party's more active orator , appearing in public as a speaker 31 times within the first year after his self-discovery.

             i.            the most active orator

           ii.            most active orator

          iii.            much active orator

    A Only ii Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Both i and ii Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Both ii and iii Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only ii Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No improvement required Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The sentence needs a superlative adjective, hence the determiner most should be used with active. The article ‘the’ is not required with ‘most’ hence I is incorrect.

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